Posts Tagged ‘ morsi ’

Egypt: Top prosecutor urged to step down

April 7, 2013
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Egypt: Top prosecutor urged to step down

Tear gas fills downtown as protesters clash with security forces in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 6, 2013. Police fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters outside the chief prosecutor's office Saturday in central Cairo who were pushing on the building's doors demanding he resign.(AP Photo/Mostafa Elshemy)Tear gas fills downtown as protesters clash with security…

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Police strikes in Egypt accelerate, adding turmoil

March 8, 2013
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Police strikes in Egypt accelerate, adding turmoil

Egyptians mourn during the funeral for Abd Alhaleem Mohanna, 23, who was killed on March 5, 2013 during clashes with riot police, in Port Said, Egypt, Friday, March 8, 2013. Egypt's police forces have withdrawn from the streets of this restive city on the Suez Canal, handing over security to the military after nearly a…

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At palace, Egypt protesters, police clash

February 2, 2013
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Egyptian riot police beat a man, after stripping him, and before dragging him into a police van, during clashes next to the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Protesters denouncing Egypt's Islamist president hurled stones and firebombs through the gates of his palace gates on Friday, clashing with security forces who fired…

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Islamist-leaning draft constitution divides Egypt

December 10, 2012
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Islamist-leaning draft constitution divides Egypt

Egyptian men stand near Arabic writing on a wall in Arabic that reads, "down with the leader's rule, no to the Muslim Brotherhood," in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Egypt's liberal opposition has called for more protests on Sunday after the president made concessions overnight that fell short of their demands…

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New Egypt protest call after Morsi sticks to draft

December 9, 2012
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New Egypt protest call after Morsi sticks to draft

Egyptian men stand near Arabic writing on a wall in Arabic that reads, "down with the leader's rule, no to the Muslim Brotherhood," in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012. Egypt's liberal opposition has called for more protests on Sunday after the president made concessions overnight that fell short of their demands…

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Egypt’s military warns of ‘disastrous consequences’ if political crisis not resolved

December 8, 2012
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Egypt’s military warns of ‘disastrous consequences’ if political crisis not resolved

Egyptian protesters chant slogans against President Mohammed Morsi while marching to join their fellow protesters near the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. Egypt's political crisis spiraled deeper into bitterness and recrimination Friday as thousands of Islamist backers of the president vowed vengeance at a funeral for men killed in bloody clashes…

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Egypt’s president offers nothing to defuse crisis

December 7, 2012
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Egypt’s president offers nothing to defuse crisis

Egyptian protesters stand behind barbed wire on a road leading to the presidential palace during a protest against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Egyptian army has deployed tanks outside the presidential palace in Cairo following clashes between supporters and opponents of Mohammed Morsi that left several people dead…

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Egypt hunts Sinai militants after soldiers killed

August 6, 2012
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Egypt hunts Sinai militants after soldiers killed

An Israeli soldier examines the wreckage of an Egyptian military vehicle after militants burst it through a security fence into Israel from Egypt, at an Israeli military base along the border with Egypt, southern Israel, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Masked gunmen killed 16 Egyptian soldiers on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at a checkpoint along the…

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Egypt’s Islamists set back in presidential race

April 15, 2012
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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 file photo, Mohamed Morsi, left, of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian presidential hopeful Amr Moussa, right, talk before Christmas Eve mass, led by Coptic Pope Shenouda III at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. The elimination of several top contenders from Egypt's presidential race erodes the chances…

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Nach Urteil gegen Ägyptens Opposition – Muslimbrüder stellen Alternativkandidaten auf

April 8, 2012
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Weil gyptens Muslimbrder Angst haben, dass ihr Kandidat Chairat el Schater nicht zu den Wahlen antreten darf, schicken sie nun ihren Parteivorsitzenden Morsi ins Rennen. Schater wre nicht der erste, der nicht zu den Wahlen zugelassen wrde.Die Muslimbruderschaft und ihr politischer Arm, die Partei fr Gerechtigkeit und Freiheit, htten gemeinsam beschlossen, den Parteivorsitzenden Mohammed Morsi…

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